# WikiOO Art Search & Quotation (remote · direct.wikioo.org)

Query an art encyclopedia of artworks, artists, movements and museums.

- Trust score: 69/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `direct.wikioo.org`: 69/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/org-wikioo-art-search/direct.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/org-wikioo-art-search/direct)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://direct.wikioo.org/mcp/`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Endpoint Security**: 80/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 61/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 4957 tokens (~354/item across 14 items; 14 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability check failed: schema churn in the 2 days we've observed: 1 tool removals, 0 breaking changes, 0 auth/transport breaks, 0 additions.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 14 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 15 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 60/100
  - Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the WikiOO Art Search & Quotation MCP server?

WikiOO Art Search & Quotation is a hosted endpoint at https://direct.wikioo.org/mcp/, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http org-wikioo-art-search 'https://direct.wikioo.org/mcp/'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "org-wikioo-art-search": {
      "url": "https://direct.wikioo.org/mcp/"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "org-wikioo-art-search": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://direct.wikioo.org/mcp/"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.org-wikioo-art-search]
url = "https://direct.wikioo.org/mcp/"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "org-wikioo-art-search": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://direct.wikioo.org/mcp/",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add org-wikioo-art-search --url 'https://direct.wikioo.org/mcp/' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  org-wikioo-art-search:
    url: "https://direct.wikioo.org/mcp/"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "org-wikioo-art-search": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://direct.wikioo.org/mcp/"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add org-wikioo-art-search -t streamable-http -u 'https://direct.wikioo.org/mcp/'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "org-wikioo-art-search": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://direct.wikioo.org/mcp/"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-04 (score 69, 0)

- [security regression] Stability: unverified → fail
- [security regression] A breaking change shipped without a version bump: still 1.0.0
- [security regression] Tool “search_article_sections” was removed
- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [security] Tool “search_fts” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “search_objects_semantically” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “search_sections_semantically” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [cosmetic] Tool “search_fts” changed its title: Search everything → Find artworks, artists, museums and articles by name or keywords

### 2026-11-03 (score 69)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (14)

### `search_artworks` (~125 tokens)

Search artworks

Full-text search of the artwork catalog by title, artist name and description. Returns only good-confidence matches with pk, artist_name, title, url, image_url (absolute URL of the large artwork image, null when the artwork has no image) and relevance score.

Input parameters:

- `language` (string): Site language code (2 letters, e.g. "en", "fr"). Default "en".
- `limit` (integer): Maximum number of results (1-10, default 10).
- `query` (string, required): Words from the artwork title, artist name and/or description.

### `search_museums` (~145 tokens)

Search museums

Full-text search of museums by name, optionally narrowed by city and country. Returns only good-confidence matches with pk, name, url, image_url (absolute URL of the large museum image, null when there is none), city, country and relevance score.

Input parameters:

- `city` (string): Optional city to narrow the search.
- `country` (string): Optional country to narrow the search.
- `language` (string): Site language code (2 letters, e.g. "en", "fr"). Default "en".
- `limit` (integer): Maximum number of results (1-10, default 10).
- `query` (string, required): Museum name or words from it.

### `search_artists` (~194 tokens)

Search artists

Full-text search of artists by name and biography, optionally narrowed by birth city/country and by a year the artist was alive (born <= year <= died, or born + 80 years when the death year is unknown). Returns pk, artist_name, url, image_url (absolute URL of the large artist portrait, null when there is none), city, country, date_born, date_death and score.

Input parameters:

- `alive_in_year` (integer): Optional year the artist was alive, e.g. 1503.
- `city` (string): Optional birth city.
- `country` (string): Optional birth country.
- `language` (string): Site language code (2 letters, e.g. "en", "fr"). Default "en".
- `limit` (integer): Maximum number of results (1-10, default 10).
- `query` (string, required): Artist name or words from the biography.

### `search_articles` (~125 tokens)

Search articles

Full-text search of website articles, optionally filtered by category code. Returns pk, title, url, image_url (absolute URL of the large article image, null when there is none), category_code, meta_description and relevance score.

Input parameters:

- `category_code` (string): Optional article category filter.
- `language` (string): Site language code (2 letters, e.g. "en", "fr"). Default "en".
- `limit` (integer): Maximum number of results (1-10, default 10).
- `query` (string, required): Words to search in the article texts.

### `search_sections_semantically` (~355 tokens)

Search passages by meaning (articles, museums, artists, artworks)

Semantic search of the texts of our site: returns the sections that answer the question best, by meaning rather than shared words, each WHOLE (section_text is never cut), from the requested models - "article" (our articles: how reproductions are made, policies, art history), "museum", "artist", "artwork" (their descriptions / biographies); default all models indexed on this server. Each result: model, object_pk (use it with the matching get_detail_* tool), object_title, object_url, category_code (articles), section_heading, section_text, is_faq_question, score (cosine; higher is closer). Ask in a full sentence; any language works (the texts are in English). Sections are packed best first into about 9,000 characters: sections_omitted_for_size says how many more matched. Use it to answer a question from what our texts say; to find a work, artist or museum by name or keywords, use search_fts; to find the objects a text is about, use search_objects_semantically. Error index_unavailable: fall back to the search_* full-text tools.

Input parameters:

- `category_code` (string): Optional article category filter (Support / Website for service and policy questions); applies to articles only.
- `language` (string): Site language code (2 letters, e.g. "en", "fr"). Default "en".
- `limit` (integer): Maximum number of sections (1-10, default 5).
- `models` (array): Which texts to search (default: every model indexed on this server).
- `query` (string, required): The question or text to find passages for (up to 2000 characters).

### `search_objects_semantically` (~318 tokens)

Find artworks, artists, museums or articles by meaning

Semantic search returning OBJECTS, not passages: the artworks, artists, museums or articles whose texts are closest in meaning to a text (a question, a paragraph, a section of an article). Each result: model, object_pk (use it with the matching get_detail_* tool), object_title, object_url, best_score (cosine of the object's single best passage; higher is closer), score_sum (its matching passages added up) and matched_vectors_count. rank_by "score_sum" (default) favours objects matching in many passages; "best_score" favours the one passage closest to the text - use it to find the exact work a text is about. Any language works (the texts are in English). Use it when you have a text and want the objects it is about; with a name or keywords, use search_fts; for the passages that answer a question, use search_sections_semantically. Error index_unavailable: fall back to the search_* full-text tools.

Input parameters:

- `language` (string): Site language code (2 letters, e.g. "en", "fr"). Default "en".
- `limit` (integer): Maximum number of objects (1-20, default 10).
- `models` (array): Which objects to search (default: artwork, artist, museum).
- `query` (string, required): The text to find objects for (up to 2000 characters).
- `rank_by` (string): Ranking: sum of the matching passages (default) or the single best one.

### `search_fts` (~151 tokens)

Find artworks, artists, museums and articles by name or keywords

Full-text search across artworks, artists, museums and articles at once (maximum 10 results per model, merged by relevance). Use it when you know a name or keywords and want the objects; to answer a question from what our texts say, use search_sections_semantically. Each result carries pk, model, title, artist_name, city, country, date_born, date_death, url, image_url (absolute URL of the large image, null when there is none), meta_description and score.

Input parameters:

- `language` (string): Site language code (2 letters, e.g. "en", "fr"). Default "en".
- `query` (string, required): Words to search across all four catalogs.

### `get_detail_artwork` (~237 tokens)

Get artwork details

Full data of ONE artwork identified by pk (use a search tool first to find the pk). Always returns: pk, title, meta_description, meta_keywords (first 5), description_html (the artwork description as HTML), url (the artwork page), image_url, and "links" — up to 5 ready-to-give absolute URLs of the most useful related pages (download_page, buy_print_page, buy_oil_painting_page (only for channels on sale), student_guide_page, similar_artworks_page, preview_in_room_page). Also for every caller: "museum" - where the original is kept (pk, name, url of its page on this site, city, country), null when unknown. artwork_not_found when no such artwork is published. The result is capped at 25000 characters: when description_html had to be shortened to fit, "truncated" is true.

Input parameters:

- `language` (string): Site language code (2 letters, e.g. "en", "fr"). Default "en".
- `pk` (integer, required): The object pk, as returned by a search tool.

### `get_detail_artist` (~189 tokens)

Get artist details

Full data of ONE artist identified by pk (use a search tool first to find the pk). Always returns: pk, title, meta_description, meta_keywords (first 5), description_html (the artist biography as HTML), url (the artist page), image_url, and "links" — up to 5 ready-to-give absolute URLs of the most useful related pages (artwork_timeline_page, all_artworks_page, chronicle_page, subject_atlas_page, mood_room_page). artist_not_found when no such artist is published. The result is capped at 25000 characters: when description_html had to be shortened to fit, "truncated" is true.

Input parameters:

- `language` (string): Site language code (2 letters, e.g. "en", "fr"). Default "en".
- `pk` (integer, required): The object pk, as returned by a search tool.

### `get_detail_museum` (~187 tokens)

Get museum details

Full data of ONE museum identified by pk (use a search tool first to find the pk). Always returns: pk, title, meta_description, meta_keywords (first 5), description_html (the museum description as HTML), url (the museum page), image_url, and "links" — up to 5 ready-to-give absolute URLs of the most useful related pages (city_museums_page, museums_by_country_page, official_website, all_museums_page). museum_not_found when no such museum is published. The result is capped at 25000 characters: when description_html had to be shortened to fit, "truncated" is true.

Input parameters:

- `language` (string): Site language code (2 letters, e.g. "en", "fr"). Default "en".
- `pk` (integer, required): The object pk, as returned by a search tool.

### `get_detail_article` (~178 tokens)

Get article details

Full data of ONE article identified by pk (use a search tool first to find the pk). Always returns: pk, title, meta_description, meta_keywords (first 5), description_html (the full article content as HTML), url (the article page), image_url, and "links" — up to 5 ready-to-give absolute URLs of the most useful related pages (articles_by_category_page, all_articles_page, rss_feed). article_not_found when no such article is published. The result is capped at 25000 characters: when description_html had to be shortened to fit, "truncated" is true.

Input parameters:

- `language` (string): Site language code (2 letters, e.g. "en", "fr"). Default "en".
- `pk` (integer, required): The object pk, as returned by a search tool.

### `get_a_quotation` (~1161 tokens)

Get a reproduction price quotation

Price quotation for a reproduction of an artwork, as an art print or a hand-painted oil painting, at a given size and in a given currency. Leave type out to get BOTH in one call: the result then holds "quotations" (one full quotation per type the artwork sells, each with its own price, buy_url and offer_text) and "types_not_available". Every quotation carries offer_text, one ready-to-paste line (type, size, frame, price, order link): give it to the user as is, translating its words if needed but never changing its numbers or link. Optional frame_code adds the frame price to quotation_price ("WhiteWrap" = stretched on stretcher bars, "default" = a decorative frame chosen for the artwork, or a catalog code); optional senior_artist (oil painting only) adds the "Elite Senior Artist" upgrade — more detail and finesse, extra production time — to quotation_price. Identify the artwork by pk, or by title and/or artist_name (an exact title match wins; otherwise the first good-confidence search match is used, and its relevance is returned in "score"). A fuzzy match can be a different painting than the one asked for: when the result carries a "warning", verify the returned title before using the price, as the warning instructs. width/height need not match the artwork's own proportions: when its aspect ratio is known, the quoted size is snapped to that ratio while keeping the same surface area (width x height) you requested, so the reproduction is never stretched or distorted; the actual quoted size is returned as width_cm/height_cm (vs. your original requested_width_cm/requested_height_cm), with size_ratio_adjusted set to true when this happened. Give only width OR only height (e.g. "25 cm high", "smallest side 25 cm") to keep that side exactly: the other side is then derived from the artwork's aspect ratio and size_derived_from names the side you gave (fails with invalid_size when the ratio is unknown - then give both). Each side must be 25-250 cm (about 10-98 inches): a size…

Input parameters:

- `artist_name` (string): Artist name (used when pk is not given).
- `currency` (string, required): ISO currency code, e.g. "USD", "EUR", "GBP".
- `frame_code` (string): Optional frame; when set, quotation_price includes it. Omit it (or "NoFrame") for the canvas rolled in a tube. "WhiteWrap" = the canvas stretched on wooden stretcher bars, white edges, no outer frame…
- `height` (number): Height in the given unit. Omit to derive it from width.
- `language` (string): Site language code (2 letters, e.g. "en", "fr"). Default "en".
- `pk` (integer): Artwork pk (from a search tool).
- `senior_artist` (boolean): Oil painting only: have an Elite Senior Artist paint it (more detail, finesse and extra production time). When true, quotation_price includes the upgrade and buy_url pre-selects it.
- `title` (string): Artwork title (used when pk is not given).
- `type` (string): Reproduction type: "print" (art print) or "oil painting" (hand-painted). Omit to quote both at once.
- `unit` (string, required): Unit of width/height.
- `width` (number): Width in the given unit. Omit to derive it from height.

### `get_a_custom_reproduction_quotation` (~693 tokens)

Get a custom reproduction price quotation (no catalog artwork needed)

Price quotation for a CUSTOM reproduction — one made from an image the customer supplies (their own photo, or an artwork that is not in the catalog) — as an art print or a hand-painted oil painting. No artwork identification is needed or accepted: the price depends only on the size, the reproduction type and the currency. Use this whenever the artwork cannot be found in the catalog (the search tools return nothing relevant, or get_a_quotation fails with artwork_not_found), or the customer wants their own picture reproduced. Optional frame_code ("WhiteWrap" = stretched on stretcher bars, "default" = a decorative frame chosen for you, or a catalog code) adds the frame price to quotation_price; optional senior_artist (oil painting only) adds the "Elite Senior Artist" upgrade — more detail and finesse, extra production time. Each side must be 25-250 cm (about 10-98 inches). Returns quotation_price (the base price: options chosen on the order form, like varnish or urgent delivery, cost extra — see "notes"), currency, frame_code (+ frame_description, frame_delivery), width_cm/height_cm, notes, and order_page_url — the page where the customer uploads their image and orders the reproduction. Give order_page_url to the user as the link to place this order. For a hand-painted portrait the price covers up to 3 faces; the per-extra-face surcharge is stated in notes.

Input parameters:

- `currency` (string, required): ISO currency code, e.g. "USD", "EUR", "GBP".
- `frame_code` (string): Optional frame; when set, quotation_price includes it. Omit it (or "NoFrame") for the canvas rolled in a tube. "WhiteWrap" = the canvas stretched on wooden stretcher bars, white edges, no outer frame…
- `height` (number): Height in the given unit.
- `language` (string): Site language code (2 letters, e.g. "en", "fr"). Default "en".
- `senior_artist` (boolean): Oil painting only: have an Elite Senior Artist paint it (more detail, finesse and extra production time). When true, quotation_price includes the upgrade; the customer selects the option on the order…
- `type` (string, required): Reproduction type: "print" (art print) or "oil painting" (hand-painted).
- `unit` (string, required): Unit of width/height.
- `width` (number): Width in the given unit.

### `get_artwork_availability` (~580 tokens)

Is this artwork available now, and at what price (stock, auction, originals, collectibles)

Every way to buy ONE artwork right now, on every sales channel it sells: the physical objects first — a ready-made oil painting in stock ("Stock Discount Oil Painting", a real canvas that ships within 48 hours), an auction lot (current bid, minimum next bid, closing time), an original sold by its owner, a studio collectible — each with available_now, stock_quantity, price (fixed, shipping included) in your currency, size, buy_url and offer_text (one ready-to-paste line: give it to the customer as is, numbers and link untouched); then the made-to-order channels (hand-painted oil reproduction, art print: price by size through get_a_quotation) and the digital image licence. available_now is true only when the artwork ITSELF can be bought or bid on today; available_now_summary says it in one sentence. Call it whenever a customer asks whether something is available, in stock, ready to ship, discounted, on auction, or what it costs as a real object — and before any "yes, it is available". Identify the artwork by pk, or by title and/or artist_name (exact title first, then a surname-guarded search whose relevance comes back in "score"; a "warning" means check the returned title). Without pk or title, give channel to LIST the objects of that channel for sale now (cheapest first; optional artist_name, query words from the title, max_price in your currency, limit 1-10): "what do you have in stock under 200 euros?", "which auctions are open?". Prices follow the strict no-fallback currency rule of the quotation tools.

Input parameters:

- `artist_name` (string): Artist name: with title/pk it identifies the artwork; in the list mode it filters the objects by artist.
- `channel` (string): List mode (no pk, no title): which physical channel to list — PaintingReady (ready-made oil paintings in stock), ProductAuction (auction lots), SellerProduct (originals sold by their owner), FactoryP…
- `currency` (string, required): ISO currency code, e.g. "USD", "EUR", "GBP".
- `language` (string): Site language code (2 letters, e.g. "en", "fr"). Default "en".
- `limit` (integer): List mode: how many objects (default 10).
- `max_price` (number): List mode: highest price, in the given currency.
- `pk` (integer): Artwork pk (from a search tool or the page).
- `query` (string): List mode: words from the title (e.g. "flowers", "sunset").
- `title` (string): Artwork title (used when pk is not given).

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/org-wikioo-art-search/direct#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 69
- 2026-11-04: 69
- 2026-11-03: 69

## Common questions

### What is the WikiOO Art Search & Quotation MCP server?

WikiOO Art Search & Quotation is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as org.wikioo/art-search. Query an art encyclopedia of artworks, artists, movements and museums. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://direct.wikioo.org/mcp/).

### Is the WikiOO Art Search & Quotation MCP server safe to use?

WikiOO Art Search & Quotation scores 69 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the WikiOO Art Search & Quotation MCP server expose?

WikiOO Art Search & Quotation exposes 14 tools: search_artworks, search_museums, search_artists, search_articles, search_sections_semantically, and 9 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 4,638 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the WikiOO Art Search & Quotation MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to WikiOO Art Search & Quotation without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the WikiOO Art Search & Quotation MCP server still maintained?

WikiOO Art Search & Quotation is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://direct.wikioo.org/mcp/
- Website: https://wikioo.org/en/mcp/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/org-wikioo-art-search/direct.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/org-wikioo-art-search/direct.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/org-wikioo-art-search/direct